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HBCU Careers Magazine

97

Notably and essentially he feels that cybersecurity is so broad and so interdisciplinary that people

with any background should be able to find a role in this field. Students should attempt to develop a T

personality that he discusses in this article: 

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For most students he recommends taking a variety of courses to find their passion. He also

recommends sitting in a class before taking it in order to feel the professor’s passion for the subject. But

like him he advises to be prepared to pivot as he had to since the field has evolved so quickly and how

you will find success may not have even been invented yet. This happened to him, and is happening

to many in HRIT, Ad-serving or digital web development technology as well albeit in a different field of

study mind you but

in the book he talks about the need for more interdisciplinary education.

Many feel that all the existing business and MBA

programs or the IT and cyber security programs do not

provide a student what they will need to be successful

in today’s organizations

. This is why he and others at

the National Initiative for Cyber Security Careers and

Studies have developed both curriculum and platforms

to deliver the benefits of this type of a unique Master’s

and Doctoral program with a blend of business and IT/

cyber security that will prepare the next generation of

C-suite leaders much better. So if you have connections

in universities who wish to implement this program, I

think he and others across several Federal and Military

agencies can rally with your help and the help of the

university to implement these very needed programs. 

Figure 2 Government HR should

source HBCU by STEM Fields via

social and digital outreach.